Folgueiras Surname

728,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 398 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Folgueiras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folgueiras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain3361:139,14310,461
Argentina461:929,20559,251
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
France11:66,422,722504,397

Folgueiras Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Folgueiras Come From? nationality or country of origin

Folgueiras is carried by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Folgueiras.

How Common Is The Last Name Folgueiras? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 728,955th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,310,417 people. The last name Folgueiras occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Folgueiras are found; 84 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 84 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The last name Folgueiras is most numerous in Spain, where it is held by 336 people, or 1 in 139,143. In Spain it is most prevalent in: Galicia, where 41 percent live, Madrid, where 21 percent live and Asturias, where 20 percent live. Outside of Spain this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Folgueiras Last Name Statistics demography

Folgueiras earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 63.13% less than the national average, earning $15,911 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Folgueiras
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